Confidence in higher education is slipping nationwide, in part because of the high cost of obtaining a degree and questions about whether it pays off in the workforce. Higher education experts say work-based learning programs like Drexel’s could be part of the solution
Math is a giant hurdle for most community college students pursuing welding and other career and technical degrees. Colleges are boosting pass rates by getting numbers off the whiteboard and into the workplace.
The real problem is that higher education, like society at large, is being engulfed by a deluge of righteous anger. My evidence? The nightly parade of commentators and hosts on cable news.